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CARRIAGE CURTAIN PASTENER.

No. 392,703. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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ANDREW R. TULLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARRiAGE- CURTAEN FASTENER.

EIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,703, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed March 3, 1888. Serial No. 266,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW R. TULLY, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in carriagecurtaiu fasteners; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and convenient, as Well as a neat-appearing, means of attaching and detaching carriage-curtains.

With this end in view, my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing one hook of the curtain removed from its eye, and Fig. 3 is a detached view of the supporting or strengthening strip with the attached eyes.

A represents the props of the carriage-top, and B the back bow curved at the top in the usual manner. Extending down from the back bow are. a pair of side strips, 0 O, of light wood, or preferably leather, in which are firmly riveted or otherwise secured the but tons a at asuitable distance apart.

The top covering, D, is stretched and secured over the top and depends over the sides. Around the lower edge of this covering a moderately broad hem, b, is formed and the supporting and stiffening strip D is placed within this hem. This strip is made of thin and preferably yielding steel plate or similar material, and may either pass around the entire top covering or just across the back bow.

The eyes or loops 0 are formed on the plates 0, attached to the inner face of the steel strip, and they project through the inner clot-h lining, E, a sufficient distance to receive hooks d, secured to the upper edges of the back and side curtains, F, the said curtains having the ordinary button-holesalong their sides to button over the buttons a. To revert back a little, it is of importance that the hooks enter the recesses d formed in the loops e, so that a there are no sharp points or other unevenness (No model.)

visible either from the inside or outside of the carriage; and, to add still. more to the beauty and general appearance of the carriage, I prefer to attach a short cloth or curtain around the upper edge of just sufficient length to hide the fastenings 0 cl.

It is immaterial just what kind of fastening is used, and just how the fastenings arosecured in place, the essential feature of my invention being, in brief, to fasten the back and side curtains to a strip hemmed in the lower edge of the top covering. By'this means it is clear that no fastening is visible from the outside, that the covering is stiffened and pre vented from shrinking, thereby giving it a neat and finished and always new appearance, and the edges of the covering are also ar ranged to overlap the curtains in a shingling fashion, so that water is readily shed.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the particular construction herein set forth; but

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a top covering, of a flexible metallic strip inclosed within a pocket formed in the lower rear edge of the top covering and provided with projections, the latter passing through openings in the pocket, the said strip being loose or detached from the bows or standards supporting the carriage top, and a curtain having loops adapted to engage the projections, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a top covering, of a metallic strip hemmed therein, said strip having plates secured thereon and loops pro jecting inwardly from. said plates, and'a cur= tain having loops adapted to engage the loop on the plates for supporting the curtain, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing wit- ANDREW R. TULLY. Witnesses:

Lnonnnn M. DAVIS, JOHN W. HorALIne. 

